AET. 16 WASPS OF THE SUBFAMILY BRACONINAE MUESEBECK 



ish white, with a small, ofteji incomplete, blackish annulus a short 

 distance from the base and with nearly the apical half black; the 

 color of the posterior tibiae varies somewhat, however; sometimes 

 the broad apical band is red on the inner surface, and, very rarely, 

 the hind tibiae are entirely reddish apically and lack a distinct black- 

 ish spot or band near the base; all intergrades occur; posterior tarsi 

 blackish. 



There is a considerable number of specimens of this species in the 

 United States National Museum from various localities in New York, 

 Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, New Hampshire, Colorado, 

 Nevada, California, and Canada. I have also seen several specimens 

 from Illinois in the collection of the University of Illinois. 



The host relationships of the species are not known. 



Genus ZELOMORPHA Ashmead 



Neophylax Ashmead (not McLachlan), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 1900, p. 119. 



Genotype. — Neophylax snyderi Ashmead (Monobasic). 

 Zelomorpha Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 1900, p. 126. Genotype. — 



Zelomorpha arizonensis Ashmead (Monobasic). 

 Caenophylax Schxjlz { — Neophylax Ashmead preoccupied), Zool. Ann., 1911, p. 88. 

 Zelomorphidea Viereck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 630. Genotype. — 



Zelomorpha {Zelomorphidea) melanota Viereck (Monobasic). 



Neophylax Ashmead has page precedence over Zelomorpha, but, as 

 has been shown by Schulz, it is preoccupied by Neophylax McLach- 

 an (1871). Schulz proposed Caenophylax for Neophylax Ashmead, 

 but this name is unnecessary since Zelomorpha, a synonym of Neo- 

 phylax Ashmead, is available. In his list of the genotypes of the 

 Ichneumonoidea^ Viereck synonymized Neophylax with Euagathis 

 Szepligeti, apparently, however, without having seen the genotype 

 of the latter. If tliis synonymy is correct Zelomorpha must be sup- 

 pressed as a s3rnonym of Euagathis, which has priority. But, 

 although the two genera seem to be closely related, certain charac- 

 ters, particularly the immargined frons and the completely margined 

 scutellum, which Szepligeti originally ascribed to Euagathis, do not 

 hold for Zelomorpha, and some of the most striking characters of the 

 latter genus, the carinately margined apical segment of the posterior 

 trochanters, the large eyes, and the exceptionally long tibial spurs, 

 are not mentioned by Szepligeti for Euagathis. Consequently I 

 think it unwise to accept Viereck's synonymy without first seeing 

 the genotype of Euagathis, and I shall therefore retain Zelomorpha 

 as a good genus. 



The following characters apply to this genus as it is known at 

 present: Head transverse, about as broad as long, not at all rostri- 

 form; palpi slender, the maxillary palpi 5-segmented, the labial 4-seg- 



' Bull. 83, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1914, p. 100. 



